All summer 2022, Bertrand Chamayou commemorates the 30th anniversary of Olivier Messiaen’s death by performing one of his key works: Twenty looks at the Child Jesus, that the Toulouse pianist has just recorded with Erato. How does one fall in love, as a child, with a cycle as monumental as the Twenty looks at the … Read more
More details Evian. Musical Encounters. The Barn at the Lake, 26-VI-2022. Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Years of Pilgrimage (1/Switzerland, 2/Italy), extracts; Wagner/Liszt: Solemn March towards the Holy Grail of Parsifal; Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Gaze of the Spirit of Joy, and First Communion of the Virgin, extracts from Twenty Looks at the Child Jesus. Bertrand Chamayou, piano.Church … Read more
Here we are in the third generation of pianists performing Messiaen. After Yvonne Loriod, then Beroff, Muraro, Aimard, it’s Bertrand Chamayou’s turn. For who ” the Twenty Looks at the Child Jesus are a veritable monument of the 20th century » and says that he discovered this huge score from an early age. Magnificent mark … Read more